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"A
vintage photo, date unknown, of what I believe is Scranton Academy.
My grandfather, Alvin W Wilkinson, attended this school." - John
McGilvray, January 28, 2008
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In 1875 three families began the settlement and a school and cotton
gin were operating in the 1880s. The post office opened in 1891. The
Scranton Academy opened in 1903 and the town had a newspaper in 1911.
The high-water mark seems to have been in 1904 when 150 people were
reported, but it has slowly declined to the present 40 - as reported
in 1980 and 1990. According to the Scranton entry in the Handbook
of Texas, nothing much has happened in Scranton from the 20s through
the 90s. |
| Close-up
of Scranton Academy photo above |
| Another
close-up of Scranton Academy photo |
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